SYDNEY (AP) — Veteran allrounder Mitchell Marsh is in line to captain Australia for the first time because of an injury to Pat Cummins for a limited-overs tour to South Africa ahead of the Cricket World Cup. Cricket Australia on Monday announced its squads for three Twenty20 internationals and five one-day internationals against the Proteas commencing Aug. 30.
Test players Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Cameron Green and David Warner have been rested for the T20 matches but will all return for the ODI section of the tour. Marnus Labuschagne has missed selection in either squad, effectively ruling him out of the World Cup in India starting in October.
Marsh has been picked to lead the T20 team and could retain the captaincy role for the ODIs if Cummins is unable to recover from the wrist injury he sustained during the final Ashes test in…